He [Rago] doesn’t seem to understand that you have to defend the things youwrite. The only real check on the power of the press these days is fornon-journalists to have a voice. They might be impolite, vulgar orpartisan (as if journalists aren’t), but they do much to fulfill theintent of the First Amendment of assuring not only reporting of factsthose in power don’t want to get out (the press having become itself amonolithic power), but by engaging in robust debate over the issues ofthe day. We had lost most of that, but we’re starting to regain itbecause of the blogosphere.